Movie: The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

Top 8 Billed Cast

David McCullough
David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Paul Roebling
Paul Roebling

(voice)

Julie Harris
Julie Harris

(voice)

Olga Bellin
Olga Bellin

(voice)

Wendy Tilghman
Wendy Tilghman

(voice)

I. Tucker Burr
I. Tucker Burr

(voice)

Steven Pudenz
Steven Pudenz

(voice)

Jesse Carr
Jesse Carr

(voice)

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    The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

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    They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new and unusually moving way to understand the Shakers.

  • Release Date

    1984-11-01

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    6.75

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    English
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